Improvement in field-fence



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Letters Patent No. 94,9613, dated September 21, 1869. L

rIMIPROVIIIMEN'JL IN FIELD-FENCE.

The Schedule ,referred to in these Letterg Patent and making pari: ofthe same.

lTo all whom it may concern;

'Be it knownvthat I, EDWIN KING, of Dunkirk, in thecounty ofGhanigauqlla and State of New York, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Field-Fence; and l do hereby declare that the followingis afull 4and complete description of the same, reference being had tothel accompanying.drawings, making' part of this'specitication, inwhich- -Figure 1 is a' side view ofthe fence and gate.

Figure 2, a ,view ofthe top.

Figures 3, 4 ,and 5, detached sections. t

Like Iletters of reference refer to like part-s in the different views.li p This invention relates to the manner of securing the rails or boardsof a fence to the'posts, said posts being made ofv metal and in twoparts, and clamped to each other, with the bars between them, by means'of' clips, hereinafter more fully described;

The posts of the fence above alluded to are' constructed in twosections, A B, iig.-1, a top view of 4which is shown in iig. 2. Eachpart consists of' a piece of bar-iron, of a proper length, bent double,so as to fqrm twoparallel standards, as shown in iig. 1, the lower endsof which are set in stone-worker wood, and stayed by the braces C. p

lhetwo'sections are set suiiiciently far apart to admit the endsof thebars D between them, which are then bolted together by the bolts a.'Said bolts are'inserted in clips E, a detached View of which is shownin lig. 3.

Said clips .consist of a metallic plate, havingtwo of its opposite edgescurved into a hook-like Iclaw, b, which, when in place, grips the 'edgesof the posts, as shown in Iig l, in which it'will be se en that theccntl'al parts of the clips serve as washers for the head of the boltand nut thereof.

By this device, the two limbs of' each section of the post are coupledtogether in a rm and rigid manner, A

so that they cannot 4bend toward or away from each other, and at thesame time the two sections are irmly clamped transversely together bythe bolts, thereby holding in a very secure manner the bars, as shown iniig. 2.

Not only are the bars secured by being thus clamped, but in consequenceofthe bolts passing through them, they cannot become detached from theposts, thus adding further to its strength and permanency.

F is the gate, and is constructed inthe same way a panel ot' a fence, bymeans of clips, bent standards, &c., the bars being secured thereby inlike manner by bolts.

Fig. 4 shows a modification of the clip E, above described, the twoopposite sides of which, instead of being bent into a hook, are simplygrooved out for the admission of the edges of the standard or posts.

Fig. 5 is also a modification of the clip, which simply consists of aplate, having its two opposite edges rabbeted ont, leaving a greaterthickness in the cen- .tral part, thereby forming shoulders, for thesupport'of the edges of the post, which are arranged therein.'

That I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,ips- The posts-A B, clips E, in combination with the fence-barsb,sccnrcd by means of bolts, or their equivalent, as and for the purposesubstantially as setforth.

' EDWIN KING.

XVitnesses J. l-i. Bulnunen, M. E. RUSSELL.

